Georgia Man on Motorized Wheelchair Cited for DUI

October 27, 2015

A Conyers, Ga., man has been accused of DUI and public drunkenness while operating a motorized wheelchair inside a grocery store.

Multiple media outlets are reporting that 48-year-old Danny W. Mitchell was cited at a Kroger supermarket.

According to an incident report, Conyers police who were called to the scene found a disheveled Mitchell backing into the building and driving over plants. Mitchell was cited after he submitted to a breath test. The results of the test were redacted from the incident report.

Police say Mitchell told officers that he had taken the anti-anxiety medication Valium, the anti-depressant trazadone and had drunk a pint of alcohol.

Mitchell told WSB-TV that he can barely walk and was at the grocery store to get a prescription filled.

Topics Georgia

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  • October 28, 2015 at 1:34 pm
    Rosenblatt says:
    Hmm, interesting how in one place they limit what constitutes a motor vehicle yet apparently expand that definition as it relates to a moving vehicle. A change in one word (mo... read more
  • October 28, 2015 at 1:01 pm
    Get your facts straight... says:
    Georgia Code O.C.G.A. 40-6-391: states "A person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any moving vehicle..." So it looks like it may not be limited to motor veh... read more
  • October 28, 2015 at 12:52 pm
    Get your facts straight... says:
    Ah, good catch. Maybe the Georgia DUI law has a statement to includes EPAMDs, and not just motorized vehicles?

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